Legal Opinion
Viegelahn v. Lopez (In Re Lopez)
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 31, 2018No. 17-50297PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:
In this Chapter 13 bankruptcy case, debtors sold their Texas homestead and did not use the sale proceeds to purchase another home. The debtors later voluntarily dismissed their bankruptcy case. The bankruptcy court determined that the debtors were entitled to the return of the homestead proceeds because they voluntarily dismissed their case. The district court disagreed, concluding that the proceeds should remain with the trustee for distribution to creditors in the dismissed bankruptcy proceeding. Determining that the bankruptcy court's decision was…
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